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Four New Bishops Elected At 37th AME General Conference
VOLUUME 41 — No. 20 DURHAM, N. C., 27702, SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1964
PRICE: 15 CenU
RoekeJeUer Is GOP Choice In
Poll Of Negro Newspaper Editors
RECIPIENTS of Honorary de
gree* which were conferred by
Tutkegee Institute President L.
H. Foster during the college's
annual Commencement exercises
recently. Receiving the degrees
were: John H. Wheeler, Presi
dent of Mechanics and Farmers
Bank, Durham; James M, Dabbs,
formsr president of the South
ern Regional C*wncil and na|(^
author, and John H. Franklin,
chairman of tho Depsrtment of
History, Brooklyn College. Also
shown on the photo is Tuskegee
PrMMent Li H.. Foster.
AT NORTH CAROLINA COLLECiK
Reduction Of Brown And Kyie
To Professors Rocks Durham
A shake-up that has fairly
rocked the entire city of Dur
ham, as well as the N. C. Col-'
lege community, was revealcd-
here this week when it was
learned from reliable sources
that two well-known faculty
members of NCC had been
“summarily” demoted from the
rank of deans to that of full
professors, upon rccommcnda-
tion of the president of NCC,
Dr. Samuel Proctor Massie.
Dr. William Brown, Dean of
the Graduate School and Dr.
George T. Kyle, dean of the
Undergraduate School were
both reported to have been de
moted on charges by the presi
dent of failure to cuoporate
with his program.
Action of Dr. Massie is said BROWN
to have followed a meeting of and assume the responsibilities
IN. Y. Governor
Jakes Lead in
Political Test
NEW YORK - (VIP) - Negro
voters would prefer Go^rnor
j Nel.ion A. Rockefeller over any
of (he potential Republican can
didates for tho Presidency.
This i.s the virtually unani
mous opinion of thirty-four pub-
lisliers and editors of leadfng
Negro newspapers who partici
pated in nationwide survey, the
resuhs of which were disclosed
this week.
—The poll, tHki'n liy
formation Press, a newsfeatii
■syndicate, showed the New
York Governor a ten to. one
favorite over former Vice-Presi
dent Richard Nixon whom pol
ices regarded as Mr. Rockefel
lers colsest competition. 30 of
the 34 voting chose Governor
Rockefeller. Ambassador Cabot
Lodge rated third position and
the civil rights issue was indi
cated as the most dominant
factor in the forthconiing-elec
tions.
I The poll demonstrated a dra-
I matic rejection of Arizona Sen-
1 alor Barry Goldwater. Not only
I did the Senator fail to receive i
' a single vote in the “preference
of Negro voters" question, but
I also thirty-one of the thirty-four
I balloting expressed the opinion
I that the Negro Republicans will
not accept Mr. Goldwater in
j view of his opposition to ccr-
j tain civil rights proposals.
While eighteen of the thirty-
four were convinced that Presi-
I dent Lyndon Johnson would be
I victorious if elections wcro held
NCC COMMENCEMENT j the James K. Shepard MemoM-
PRINCIPALS — The setting'] al Library, an area which will
and principal figures in North accommodate approxinwitely
Carolina College’s 39th annual 000 persons, will be the convo-
commenerment on Sunday, May cation site.
31, at 3 p ni. are shown above. Principal participants are,
For the first time in the Col-1 from upper left: Joe E, Braw-
leges hisiory, the lawn facing' ner, ranking undergraduate
Ciwendolyn T. Curlee, second School; Dean A. L. Turner,
ranking iindorgraduale; Presi
dent Sanuiel P. Ma.ssie: Judge
A. Li'(jii Higginbotham, the prin
cipal speaker; Dean W. H.
Brown
G. T.
Law School; Dean Evelyn Pope,
Library School; William Malone,
chief marshal in charge of
students; and Charles W. Orr,
Graduate School; Dean chief marshal in cliarge of plat-
Kyle, Undergraduate! form guests and faculty.
Franklin Roosevelt Jr., To Get
ilMonorary Degree At Shaw U*
Morehouse to |
Take NCM Group
Medical Plan I
BISHOP BABER
Bishop Baber is
New Prelate of
AME 2nd Dist.
CINCINNATI — Four new
bishops were named at the 37th
Quadrennial Conference of the
AME Church which endtyS here
Tuesday; and the Rt. Rev. George
Baber, who formerly presided
over the First Episcopal Dis-
ATLANTA, GA.. — More-
hou.se College, y^tlanta, Georga,
became the first to negotiate a
Group Insurance Plan carrying
the Major Medical feature, with
the North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company.
The program was authorized
by thn Board of Trustees of
Mbrehouse during the April 10,
meeting and subsequently was
unanimously approved by the
faculy and staff.
The application was signed
See MOREHOUSE, 4A
tomorrow, fifteen of those pol-i triet, was named to succeed
led expressed their personal Bishop S- L. Greene as bishop of
belief that Mr. Rockefeller! the Second Episcopal District,
would make the best showing
the Board of Trustees held a
NCC on May l(j at which time
his recommendations were ap
proved. It is further reported
that it was the consensus ol
opinion of the Board of Trus
tees that Massic should have its
backing if he is to be able to
Buccesslully direct the affairs
of the institution.
Rumors have it that Massie's
original recommendation to the !
Board of Trustees called for i
complete dismissal of the two ’
deans in question. However, the
of a full professor.
Wilkins Warns
Against Diluted
Civil Rights Bill
NF,W YORK--r>iAACP Executive
oFcretary Hoy Wilkins warned the
U. S. Senate that dilutions and
ie>-trictions of the civil rights bill
Bra7d‘oVTrurces,‘norfaVormg' force the Negro population
recommendation in the I '*‘8-
kuch a
lace of tenure, accepted the les
ser one, to the effect that they
be demoted to full professors
and assume teaching responsi
bilities.
It is also reported that Dr.
Irene Jackson, Chairman of the
Department of Romanc e Lan
guages, is. slated to be replaced
nity in each locality in such ways
as may seem effective to aggrieved
local groups and to the leader
ship.”
In telegrams to Senators HUbtert
H. Humphrey and Thomas H.'^u-
chel. Democratic and Republican
leaders working for passage of.the
See WILKINS, 4A
KYLE
In the meantime charges and
countercharges between pro-
Massie and anti-Massie segments
of the N. C. College commimity
continue to fly fast and fur
iously with no apparent let-up
the offing.
One of the charges are to the
effect that Massie held e prior
against the incumbent Chief
Executive.
Twenty-one of the newspa
per executives are convinced
that the Negro voter will ac
cept Lyndon John.son “as a
good Democrat before thin
king of him as a Southerner,”
but one of tho.se who answered
this question in tho affirmative,
added a grim note that "after
the elections, the truth will be
come known. Ten of the thirty-
four balloting believed that
*,rp ROCKEFELLER page 4A
Bishop Greene, who served
senior prelate of the Church,
has been assigned along wiDi
Bishops R. R.‘ Wright and V
H. Sims, to write a history ol
the organization and growth of
the AME Church.
Elected to the bishopric were:
the Rev. Marri.ion J. Bryant, for
mer pastor of Bethel AME
Church, Baltimore; the Rev.
H. I. Bearden, former pastor
of Bethel AME Church, Atlan
ta; the Rev. 11. M. Robinson.
See BABER, page 4-A
Confusion Prevails in AMEZ Meet
Prior to Election of Bishops
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., The
,. , . . , ... ‘ 37th quadrennial session of the
meeting at his home with on y, ,, , r- e * „
... , , ■'General Conference, A. M. E.
the white members of the Board . . . , ,
, . I • , Church, ran into a stale-
present at which time they ' , c- , . . .
... , , . niatc Saturday when Bishop W.
were dined and wined mto ac-' j ■
^ . M. Smith, presiding officer, m-
ceplance of his recommonda- iructed the delegates that the
tiun to be presentc^d to the full | time had arrived for the elec-
meeting of the Board of Trus-1 t on of bishops,
tees later.
Another source disclosed to
the Carolina Times here Wed
nesday that Massie has also
stated that, he intends to recom
mend that the Law School at
Rev. George J. Leake, Char
lotte, dropped a bombshell
when he asked if the name of
the Rev. Ak G. Dunson, Jr. ap
peared the ballot, (Austra
lian). The first time it has been
NCC be closed and that the | used by the denomination. He
College revert to that of offer-1 was instructed that it did not
Ing only undergraduate degrees, appear. Rev. Leake asked, why.
The house went nto utter con
fusion and for more than 9
hours the
back and
Smith who refused to recognize
any motion made to get Dun-
■ston's nawe on the ballot.*and
the delegates refused to vote un
less his name was on the bal
lot
The chairman said that Rev.
Dunston’s name was not put on
the ballot due to tfertain marit
al difficulties. This has been
REV. GRANBcrtRY
GRANHERHY WINS
IN RACE FOR AME
PENSION I)EPI\
CINCINNATI—Ur. J. E Heard,
Secretary of thi
ROOSEVELT
William G. Hill
NCC Law Student
Accepts NYC Job
William Gaines Hill, who re-
ci'ivrs the LL.B. degree from
North Carolina College Law
School on May 3 1, lias accepted
a position as an attorney for the
New York Central System and
will work in the office of the
vice president, Law at New
York City.
A 30-year old native of New
York City, Hill is the son ol
Attorney Marion Gaines Hill of
East Elmhurst, Long Lsland.
N. Y., and Mrs. Agnes O. Free
land of Atlanta, Georgia. His
wife, Mrs. Klyda Mahoney Hill,
is an assistant professor of phy
sical education at North Caro
lina College.
Mr. Hill, who holds the B. S.
degree from the University of
See HILL, page 4A
RALEIGH — Dr. James E.
Cheek .president, Shaw Univer
sity, has announced that honor
ary degrees will be conferred
during the Ninety-ninth Com
mencement Exercsies, Monday,
May 25, as follows; Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, Jr., Under
Secretary of Commerce, W'ash-
inglon, D. C. DOCTOR OF
LAWS; E. Theodore Jones, as
sistant Director, Department of
Schools and Colleges, Division
of Christian Higher Educaton,
American Baptist Convention.
Valley Forge, Pa., DOCTOR
OF DIVINITY: the Riverend
Matthew E. Neil, pastor^ Union
Baptist Temple, Atlantic City,
N. J. DOCTOR OF DIVINITY;
John Ruffin Manley, minister,
First Baptist Church, Chapel
Hill, DOCTOR OF DIVINITY.
The DISTINGUISHED SERV
ICE AWARD will be presented
to Mrs. George O. Bullock of
Washington, D. C.
J. E
Pension Depart-
fent of the A.M.E. Church was re
delegates bickered j (jred and the llov. J. M. Cran-
forth with Bishop i,erry, .Ir., pastor of St. Paul A.
M. E. Church, Colunihia, Tenn.,
was elected on the final ballot by
an overwhelminR majority, to suc
ceed him, at the 37th Quadrennial
Conference of the AME Church,
which ended.Tuesday.
In the final balloting the, Rev.
Mr. Cranberry polled 372 votee.
Dr. Beard. 137, and tho Rev.
Melvin Chester Swann, a candi-
Frasier to Speak At
Washington, I). C.
Luncheon F'riday
L.B. Frasier. Associate Agen
cy Director, North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, will be the speaker for
the Annual National Insurance
Association's Awards Luncheon
in Washington, on Friday. May
22, at Key's Restaurant.
He will be introduced by E.
R. Williams, Manager of North
Carolina Mutual’s Wasliington,
D. C. District.
Frasier has been connected
with the North Carolina Mutual
for more than 30 years, begin
ning as a field representative
on the Spartanburg, S. C. Dis
trict. In 19,52 he was named
Agency Secretary and appoirrt-
ed to the Home Office Staff;
and in 1956 he was promoted to
See FRAZIER, page 4A
Mrs. Ada F. Fisher Honored by
White Rock Church at May Meet
Mrs Ada Foster Fisher was gave a brief life history of the
discussed at every quadrenniaL date from the Second Episcopal
meeting since 1956 and eactfi District, who did not have the
time the decision of the bishops 1 support of his District, received
prevailed. The delegates charg- less than 100.
ed that the Board of Bishops Prof. E. A. Salby stepped
See AMEZ, page 4A ' See CRANBERRY, 5A
the honorec at the May meeting
of the White, Rock Baptist
Church Board of Christian Edu
cation. The occasion was the
celebration of her birthday.
The meeting was opened with
a prayer by Mrs. Victoria Cain,
followed by Mrs. Margaret God
win’s singing ‘Bless This House.’
Mrs. Martha Dooms pinned
beautiful white carnation cor
sage on Mrs. Fisher and then
honoree,
Mrs. Marion Clemons, Chair
man of the birthday celebration
committee, called the roll of the
eighteen districts of the Church.
As each district was called a re
presentative from the district
presented Mrs. Fisher with a
gift.
Many of the gifts were cash
and uniquely presented in a
See MRS. FISHER, 4A
SATURDAY MAY 30th IS PRIMARY VOTE DAY FOR YOU
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